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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Washington (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
155 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 64th most popular major in the country with 17,506 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,714 and had an average of $31,549 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 181 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $24,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 155 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Washington (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 33 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree film students with aid list, UW Seattle has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $13,297 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Film students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at UW Seattle

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Central Washington University is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 38 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CWU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CWU is $15,397 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Film students with aid.

Full Central Washington University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#3

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Eastern Washington University is a fairly large public school situated in Cheney, Washington. It awarded 18 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

EWU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $12,607 for washington bachelor’s degree film students with aid per year to attend Eastern Washington University.

Full Eastern Washington University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#4

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

Seattle U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for Seattle U is $34,802 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Film students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Seattle University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#5

Whitman College

Walla Walla, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Whitman College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Whitman College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Walla Walla, Washington. It awarded 14 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Whitman also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Whitman College is $38,672 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Film students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Whitman College

#6

Cornish College of the Arts

Seattle, Washington
#5 in overall quality

Cornish College of the Arts came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid ranking. Cornish College of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 8 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornish College of the Arts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $39,078 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Film students with aid per year to attend Cornish College of the Arts.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Cornish College of the Arts Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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